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large lawn for all kinds of sports. The Union Protestant Church and a French Roman Catholic Church are in what was formerly known as the Concession. An English Episcopal Church, All Saints, was opened in 1898 on the Hill behind, and there are several native Protestant churches in Kobe town. There are three foreign hotels in the town-the Oriental, the Tor, and the Grand, while the Mikado (near Kobe railway station), is in foreign style, but under Japanese management. Two foreign daily papers, the Japan Chronicle and the Kobe Herald, and one weekly, the Japan Weekly Chronicle, are published in Kobe. There are also two native papers. The population of the city of Kobe in 1911 was 413,349. There are about 3,000 foreigners residing in Kobe, but of this number nearly two-thirds are Chinese.
The Temple of Nofukuji, which possesses a large bronze Buddha, and which is situated in the old town of Hyogo, is worth a visit; and there is a monument to the Japanese hero Kiyomori, erected in 1286, in a grove of trees in the vicinity of the tem- ple, which claims some attention from its historic associations. On the Kobe side of the old river known as the Minato-gawa also stands a temple dedicated to Kusunoki Masashige, so famous in Japanese history for loyalty and valour, who died on the spot in 1336, during the unsuccessful wars for the restoration of the Mikado's power. The Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard situated at Hyogo is one of the largest in Japan. In 1908 in addition to executing repairs to 697 vessels, the yard turned out 13 new vessels having an aggregate tonnage of 19,646. The new graving dock will accommodate vessels of some 5,000 tons. The Mitsui Bishi Co, also have a dockyard at the Western extremity of the port. This dockyard has an area of 200,000 square yards, and a seafront of 1,850 square yards. Engines, boilers, electric machinery, &c., are manufac- tured here, and the yard is capable of building ships of 10,000 tons. In November, 1908, a floating dock was provided capable of floating a vessel of 12,000 tons. Its dimensions are: Length 58 feet, breadth 66 feet and draught 26 ft. The Government in 1906 sanctioned a scheme for the improvement of the harbour involving an expenditure of 32,000,000 yen. Large reclamations are being undertaken at Onohama, and commodious wharves and other facilities for the working of cargo are to be provided. The work is to be com- pleted in about ten years from the date of its initiation.
Kobe's excellent railway communications, both north and south, have naturally tended to centralise trade at this port.
In 1911 the values of the different classes of imports of foreign produce and manufactures were:-
Cotton and Cotton Yarns Yen 113,021,795 Dyes and Paints ...
Iron and Steel
Drugs and Medicines
Machinery
Grains and Seeds...
Oil Cake
Cotton Manufactures
Wool and Woollen Manufrs.
Vehicles, Clocks, Watches, Etc.,,
Copper, Lead, Zinc, &c.
... Yen 6,401,380
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4,269,089
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3,648,143
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3,450,139
:,590,270
20,473,248 Metal Manufactures ... 14,630,236 Paper and Paper Manufrs. 12,644,601 Skins, Hairs, Bones, etc. 12,374,821 Beverages and Comestibles
9,100.358 Ores and Minerals
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8,195,703 Sugar and Sweetmeats 7,185,703 Sundries
7, 68,190
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6,595,399 6,491,240
Total Imports
2,181,654
1,603,400
Oils and Waxes
,, 14,006,978
...Yen 256,235,347
The values of the principal articles of Export in the same year were as follows: Cotton Yarn & Cotton Goods Yen 23,532,151
Copper
Clothing and Accessories...
97
Mats and Mattings 12,239,757 Beverages and Comestibles, 10,178,108 Camphor
Yen 3,698,001
3,176,897
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3,143,037
Matches...
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7,977,523 Oils and Waxes
2,830,055
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Braids of Straw, Etc.
5,790,383 Tea
1.998,284
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Grains and Seeds...
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5,440,911
Sundries
31,417,957
Earthenware & Glass Manfs.
3,927,311
Marine Products...
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3,703,711
to 1911-
Imports
...Yen 119,054,086
The following table of values in Yen shows the total trade of the port from 1902
Exports Total
Imports Exports Total 1902 144,516,111 74,748,143 219,264,254 1907 223,437,566 106,668,265 330,105,831 1903 154,534,013 9,518,216 245,052,229 | 1908 191,080,866 84,114.773 275,195,639 1904 174.855,2 1 87,974,178 262,831,379 | 1909 184.224,779 100,616,555 284,841,334 228,614,0 5 84.458,679 313,072,684 | 1910 230,336,984 121,049,552 351,386,536 192,100,166 110,605,293 302,795,4591911g: 256,235,347 119,054,086 375,289,433
1905 1006
Total Exports
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